Plumber's and Pipe Fitter's Calculations Manual (McGraw-Hill Calculations) - Softcover

Woodson, R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071448683 ISBN 13: 9780071448680

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2005

Synopsis

This book includes: full coverage of estimating; takeoffs; job-simplifying; fast code facts; and sensible shortcut tip boxes. It is great for designing and estimating projects. It includes ready-to-run solutions for plumbing and pipefitting, and instant results. Packed with charts and tables that allow readers to quickly look up time-saving answers, this handy tool is a ready source of commonly used calculations, formulas, and, best of all, solutions. In addition to easy-to-find answers, this guide delivers: a concise outline of trade mathematics; plastic and copper pipe and copper tubing facts and figures; standard and handicapped fixture layouts; guidelines for sizing water heaters; potable water standards; equipment weight load standards; friction tables; and relevant electrical factors.Suitable for designing and estimating projects, this manual will prove to be invaluable. A great productivity booster, it will assist in delivering prompt, on-target, and even on-the-spot estimates. It features 'Look-It-Up Calculations' for: pipe fitting; fabrication and layout; fixture-units; vent systems; drains and sewers; combination waste and vent systems; piping offsets; thermal efficiency; and more!

About this title

From the Publisher:

R. Dodge Woodson is a Master Plumber with almost 30 years' experience in the construction field, 21 of them as a self-employed plumbing contractor. The author of numerous McGraw-Hill best-sellers, including Plumbing: Tips, Data, and Rules of Thumb, he has taught plumbing code classes and apprenticeship classes at Central Maine Technical College. As a consultant, Woodson works with a number of plumbing contractors and has frequently been interviewed on the radio on plumbing subjects. He lives in Maine.

From the Back Cover:

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NEW

• Full coverage of estimating takeoffs
• Job-simplifying Fast Code Facts
• Sensible Shortcut tip boxes
• Great for designing and estimating projects

Ready-to-Run Solutions for Plumbing and Pipefitting

Instant results: Packed with charts and tables that allow readers to quickly look up time-saving answers, this handy tool is a ready source of commonly used calculations, formulas, and, best of all, solutions.

In addition to easy-to-find answers, this guide delivers:

• A concise outline of trade mathematics
• Plastic and copper pipe and copper tubing facts and figures
• Standard and handicapped fixture layouts
• Guidelines for sizing water heaters
• Potable water standards
• Equipment weight load standards
• Friction tables
• Relevant electrical factors

For designing and estimating projects, this manual will prove to be invaluable. A great productivity booster, it will assist in delivering prompt, on-target, and even on-the-spot estimates.

Look-It-Up Calculations for:
* Pipe fitting * Fabrication and layout * Fixture-units * Vent systems * Drains and sewers * Combination waste and vent systems * Piping offsets * Thermal efficiency * And more!

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071448683
• ISBN 13: 9780071448680
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 326